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Domestic Violence and Abuse

This Domestic Violence training course helps people who work with children to understand what domestic violence is, how it may begin, who perpetrates abuse, and how to identify when it may be happening. The course outlines the impact that domestic violence and abuse has on victims and children, and assists learners to understand how to respond appropriately to their concerns.

Domestic violence and abuse, sometimes referred to as DVA, is a serious safeguarding children issue. Witnessing domestic violence – whether first hand, overhearing it, or only observing the after-effects – is considered a form of significant harm under safeguarding children guidance.

Developed by a qualified child protection professional

Accredited by CPD

Fully online course and assessment with no time limits

Full audio voiceover

Approximate duration: 2 hours

On completion, certificate is posted the next working day

Who Should Take This Course?

This online domestic violence and abuse course is suitable for professionals in any industry who have contact with children, young adults, and/or their families. The course is written at an introductory level and is suitable for workers of all levels, including part-time staff and volunteers.

Certification

On successful completion of the course you will be sent a quality assured certificate through the post the next working day. This can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit.

All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming
to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

This certificate does not have an expiry date. However, based on industry best practice guidelines, the recommended renewal period for this training is 3 years. We will print this recommended renewal date on your certificate.

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Content

The course is divided into 5 accessible, interactive modules and includes an
assessment at the end:

What is Domestic Violence? – types of domestic violence, statistics, who is at risk from domestic violence and the impact on children.

Components of Domestic Violence – the dynamics of domestic violence, the Duluth model, power and control, coercion and threats, intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, denying and blaming, using children, using privilege and financial abuse.

The Impact of Domestic Violence on Victims – how domestic violence begins, who can be a victim of domestic violence, who perpetrates domestic violence, why victims of abuse don’t come forward, the impact of domestic violence, the impact on mental health and coping mechanisms.

The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children – recognising domestic violence, case example, how children are affected by domestic violence, the impact on children and how children respond to domestic violence.

Aims of the Domestic Violence and Abuse course

Understand what is meant by domestic violence and abuse and be aware of the most common components of abuse.

Understand the impact that domestic violence and abuse has on victims and their lives.

Have an awareness of how domestic violence begins and who may perpetrate the abuse.

Understand the impact that domestic violence and abuse has on children, and understand why domestic violence is considered a type of significant harm under safeguarding guidance.

Know how to respond appropriately to any concerns about children and their families in relation to domestic violence.

Assessment

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will
be asked 15 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The
answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed.
If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with
no extra charge.

An online course designed to help those with a designated child protection role to understand more about their responsibilities, including implementing effective safeguarding practices in the workplace, recognising and responding to abuse, working with other services and sharing appropriate information.